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Rain Game

Thunder
rumbled, signaling a storm was approaching. Goner sat in the coffee
shop sipping some tea. He hated coffee, and sitting in a coffee house
sipping tea was an ironic gesture on his part. Besides, the waitress' here
at Good Times, Good Tomes were kind of cute.

Goner drummed
his fingers on the table; it was a habit he had developed as a kid and
he constantly did it unconsciously. It was an annoying habit
but it did help out work out some of the stress.

His cellphone chimed and he answered it.

"Rain game," was all the feminine voice said and the line went dead.

Goner sipped the rest of his tea. He slide a crisp $5 bill onto the table and then made his way to the door.

"Righteous," he whispered after a huge smile consumed his lips.

The
rain fell; it was a warm rain and the city needed a good cleansing
after the past few days of humid weather. Max, Maggie, Frank, Goner,
Aqua, Suki, Dex, Wraith, Angst and Lucy were down in park at the courts
playing a game of basketball and it felt good.

Angst
took the ball and deeked passed Goner, who fell for the feint, and she
made it to the net. She was in the air, soaring like Jordan to the post,
with ball in hand ready for the dunk.

Dexter had jumped up and knocked the ball out of her hand, and it bounced to Wraith who danced up the court.

"Don't make me hurt you," Angst told Dexter as she landed.

"Ahhh, you need a towel?" Dex chided her.

Running
around like children in a sprinkler, passing the ball, interfering
galore and constantly distracting each other, all in the name of the game.
The banter, the taunts were there, and it felt like it was a group of
old friends gathering for a reunion.